Platts - Friday, September 10, 2004 

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Browns Ferry-1 restart on schedule, TVA says

Washington (Platts)--9Sep2004

Browns Ferry-1 is on schedule for startup in May 2007,
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) officials told NRC
staffers during a project status meeting today at NRC
headquarters. Major accomplishments so far include
replacement of drywell structural steel, core spray
piping, and condenser tubes, TVA officials said. Work in
progress includes large pump and motor refurbishment and
large and small bore pipe replacement, they said. TVA
officials also said a new quality assurance manager
position has been established and filled, and quality
control staffing has been increased.

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Ontario seeks restart of Bruce-1 and -2

Washington (Platts)--8Sep2004

The Ontario government wants to restart Bruce-1 and -2
to meet growing energy demand in the province. The
Ontario Ministry of Energy announced today that the
government is beginning negotiations with Bruce Power to
restart the two units, rated at 904 megawatts each. Unit
2 has been down since 1995 and unit 1 since 1997. The
ministry said David Santangeli, a managing director of
Energy Fundamentals Group Inc. (EFG), will advise the
government on the potential for negotiating an agreement
with Bruce Power and will manage any subsequent
negotiations process. EFG, an investment firm
specializing in the energy infrastructure sector, has
been assisting the government for several months with
various electricity supply options, the ministry said.
Bruce Power announced a feasibility study earlier this
year that included examining the restart of Bruce-1 and
-2. In the mid-1990s, then-owner Ontario Hydro estimated
the cost of restoring unit 2 at (Cdn)$500-million. Two
other reactors at the Bruce A station, units 3 and 4,
have returned to service since late last year after
being shut in 1998. There are four operating reactors at
the Bruce B station.

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